"People Get Ready" Song As Sung By Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions And By The Chambers Brothers

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases the Impressions' 1965 song "People Get Ready".

The lyrics of "People Get Ready" are included in this post along with a YouTube videos of The Impressions singing that song and a YouTube video of The Chambers Brothers singing that song.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions for their musical legacy. Thanks also to The Chambers Brothers for their musical legacies. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

Thanks for all those who continue to work toward the eradication of racism and injustice in the United States & throughout the world.
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LYRICS: PEOPLE GET READY
(Curtis Mayfield)

People get ready
There's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Don't need no ticket
You just thank the Lord

People get ready
For the train to Jordan
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board them
There's room for all
among the loved the most

There ain't no room
for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just
To save his own
Have pity on those
whose chances are thinner
Cause there's no hiding place
From the Kingdom's Throne

So people get ready
for the train a-comin'
You don't need no baggage
you just get on board !
All you need is faith
to hear the diesels humming
Don't need no ticket
you just thank, you just thank the Lord

Yeah
Ooh

Yeah
Ooh

I'm getting ready
I'm getting ready
this time I'm ready
this time I'm ready


Source: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rodstewart/peoplegetready.html

Note; Rod Stewart recorded a cover of this song in 1985.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: "People Get Ready" The Impressions



catman916, Uploaded on Mar 4, 2010

Of all the songs of the 1960s,"People Get Ready" probably best represents the civil rights era. Written by lead singer, Curtis Mayfield and performed by The Impressions, it was released in 1965 on the ABC-Paramount label. "People Get Ready", reached #3 on the R&B charts and #14 on the pop charts. The members of the group were Curtis Mayfield, Fred Cash, and Sam Gooden. The song can be found on CD on The Very Best of the Impressions on Rhino Records. This sound recording is administered by UMG. The purpose of this upload is for viewer enjoyment and education not for monetary gain. I do not own the right to the songs, audio, or images contained in this video.
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From Wikipedia:

"People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition, and displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing.

Rolling Stone magazine named "People Get Ready" the 24th greatest song of all time. The song was included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. "People Get Ready" has also been chosen as one of the Top 10 Best Songs Of All Time by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers, including Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Hal David, and others as reported to Britain's Mojo music magazine, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Mayfield said, "That was taken from my church or from the upbringing of messages from the church. Like there's no hiding place and get on board, and images of that sort. I must have been in a very deep mood of that type of religious inspiration when I wrote that song." The song is the first Impressions hit to feature Mayfield's guitar in the break."

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Example #2: Chambers Brothers - People Get Ready LIVE version



guillaimz, Uploaded on Jan 19, 2010

People Get Ready (live version) from the Love, Peace and Happiness double album released in 1969.

People get ready, there's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord

People get ready for the train to Jordan
It's picking up passengers from coast to coast
Faith is the key, open the doors and board 'em
There's hope for all among those loved the most.

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
For there's no hiding place against the Kingdom's throne

So people get ready, there's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
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The train motif is a common feature in African American religious & non-religious songs. However, in the article about Lester Chamber that I linked to in the beginning of this post, Chambers indicated that "if the song was recorded today Mayfield would change the lyrics from “there’s a train a comin’” to "there's a change a comin.'"

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Krypto9095 featuring D3Mstreet- "Woah" (video with explanations about some of the African American Vernacular English words in this song's lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on the African American Vernacular English word "woah" and the Hip Hop dance "[Hit the] Woah".

Part III showcases the official YouTube video and includes the lyrics for KRYPTO9095 FT. D3MSTREET's song "Woah" This is one of a number of songs that popularized the Woah dance.

Explanations for some of the African American Vernacular English words in that song are included in this post.

WARNING: This video and lyrics include the word "bi&tch" (fully spelled out) as well as the word "ho" and the word "thoth" which has the same meaning as "ho".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/what-african-american-vernacular.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I provides information about the meanings of the African American Vernacular English term "woah".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/information-about-woah-dance-youtube.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents some information about the [Hit the] Woah dance and showcases several YouTube videos of Woah dance battles.

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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Krypto9095 and D3Mstreet for this record. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
From https://genius.com/Krypto9095-woah-lyrics
"Written By Krypto9095
Release Date: November 3, 2018

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FstMario 254, 2019
"Woah! is a song made by a Youtuber by the name of Krypto9095, which gained major traction after DJ Dangerous publicised the WOAH! dance and challenged people to imitate it back in 2017."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: KRYPTO9095 FT. D3MSTREET WOAH (OFFICIAL SONG TO WOAH DANCE)



krypto9095, Nov 3, 2018

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LYRICS FOR "WOAH"
(as sung by Krypto9095 featuring D3MSTREET

[Verse 1: Krypto9095]
Woah Lookin' at my drip, lookin' at yo drip, (Woah)
Mommy look at me, ooh, I'm killin' it (Woah)
Swinging side to side and I'm killin' that (Woah)
Damn yo' girl so fine, but her breath is like (Woah)
She said she wanna dance but she don't know how to (Woah)
I'm iced out, ooh, lookin' like a star (Woah)
Her name is Jenny, ooh, bi&ch* don't have no panties (Woah)
I'm Steph Curry, when I hit the three, I hit the (Woah)
Pause, Lean, Hit you with the (Woah)
I'm saucy, ooh, she don't like me (Woah)
She flexin' on the Gram, but her booty flat (Woah)
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha! (Woah)

[Verse 2: D3MSTREET]
Tryna' save some money but I need me some more Louis V (Woah)
She said "take a statement" so I bought me some more jewelery (Woah)
I like wearing off white but I'm black, it's cool with me (Woah)
Don't say that she a thot (how you know?) she went to school with me (Woah)

[Verse 3: D3MSTREET]
Heard you're playing for keeps, uh, bought her a Patek Philippe (Woah)
Heard you're paying for cheap, uh, I spent like thirty K each (Woah)
Diamonds all white, ya, looks like I dipped 'em in bleach (Woah)
Hit on my ward and I flee, ice on my neck is like negative three (Woah)
Up ten times I done turn up and I hit yo' hoe (Woah)
Ain't no Average Joe, ooh, born in '94 (Woah)
She wanna go on a date, uh, I gave her chicken to go (Woah)
Fur chinchill' on my coat, uh, she want it bad Yeah yeah (Woah)

[Verse 4: D3MSTREET]
Uh, got that drip, boy, I'm dripped in Louis (Woah)
Uh, this is D3, you only see in 2D (Woah)
Uh, do not sleep on me, better get a Snookie (Woah)
Uh, my ice is TLC, man that bi&ch* was chilly (Woah)
Uh, "bang bang bang" like the clip do (Woah)
I'll be sellin like the jists do
[?] (Woah)
She wan' play with karma when it come back to you
Damn, flip a bean like [?] (Woah)
Aye, hit that Woah like my wrist do (yeah yeah!)

Source: From https://genius.com/Krypto9095-woah-lyrics

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EXPLANATIONS FOR SOME OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH WORDS IN THIS SONG
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. Drip
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Drip
"Drip
When your bling is iced out but that sh&t* melting from all your hot bars, you got the drip.

Just another word for immense swag.
Guy 1:"Yo, that new rapper got the drip."
Guy 2: "For real yo, he drippin."
#sauce, swag, juice
by E.,Rizzy April 06, 2017
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Here are some explanations for that definition:
a. "Bling" = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bling-bling
“Bling-bling, often shortened to just bling, is a slang term popularized in hip hop culture, referring to flashy, ostentatious, or elaborate jewelry and ornamented accessories that are carried, worn, or installed, such as cell phones or tooth caps. The term was first used in a rap by Dana Dane in "Nightmares" on Dana Dane with Fame in 1987 referring to the sound effect of tinkling bells that was used on cartoon shows to demonstrate the shininess and desirability of gold coins, money, jewelry or gems when they were displayed on-screen. It was later popularized by Cash Money Millionaires in the song "Bling Bling" in 1999”

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b. ice out/ice http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/ice-out
"ice out
adjective
when used in the past tense ("iced out,") it means wearing ice (diamonds or other jewelry) or having ice attached to something."

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c. hot bars
From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hot%20bars
"hot bars (music(
1) Term used in music, particularly hip hop. It is a witty line, or slick rhyme.

2) A song by Felt
-That rapper spits hot bars, man! I love his rhymes.

-I spit hot bars, i spit on cop cars,
I spit game to the chicks that belong to rock stars,
Got the goods, uptown to Hollywood,
So what you don't like us, your girl probably would.

"Hot Bars" by Felt
#line#rhyme#rap#witty#slick"
by new_Faction February 20, 2011

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d. swag
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-swag-mean
..."That's a slang word that refers to stylish confidence. It shows up in songs ("Check out my swag, yo / I walk like a ballplayer"—Jay Z) and social media hashtags, but this word derives from swagger"...

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2. The word "mommy" in Krypto9095 featuring D3Mstreet- "Woah" means "woman" and not the standard definition for "mother".

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Information About The Woah Dance & YouTube Examples Of That Dance

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on the African American Vernacular English word "woah" and the Hip Hop dance "[Hit the] Woah".

Part II presents some information about the [Hit the] Woah dance and showcases several YouTube videos of Woah dance battles.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/what-african-american-vernacular.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I provides information about the meanings of the African American Vernacular English term "woah".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/krypto9095-featuring-d3mstreet-woah_28.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases the official YouTube video and includes the lyrics for one of the numerous songs that popularized the Woah dance. Explanations for some of the African American Vernacular English words in that song are included in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE [HIT THE] WOAH DANCE
Excerpt #1
From https://www.thefader.com/2018/10/09/the-woah-dance-dallas-origin-10k-cash-tisakorean-dj-dangerous "Who Created The Woah Dance"
The Dallas- based dance craze is reaching the top markets of popular culture- and has been done by Lil Uzi Vert, Drake, and Travis Scott- while arguments over its creation are bubbling in Texas." by Ben Dandridge-Lemco, October 9, 2018

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In a video from September 2017 by DJ Dangerous, one person claiming to have created the dance, outlines its basic steps: a general bounce with the arms and legs, a lock move ("like you're putting your car in park"), and a combination of the two, so the final result is a series of bounces, improvisations in between, and shimmied locks to the beat". As its soundtrack, the video uses "Hit My Woah" by A-1 SteakSauce, Lyric Melody, and Big Deuce. The song was also used in another dance video by students at Prairie View A&M who say the dance originated at their school."...
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Excerpt #2
From https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-origins-of-the-woah
The Origins Of "The Woah" Sam Walters University of Georgia, Apr 16, 2019
"Lately, apps like TikTok and Twitter have been blowing up the newest dance trend to surface, "The Woah". Where did it come from? Where will it go? Where did it come from, Cotton-Eyed Woah?*

Ever since music has had the ability to go viral, dance crazes have followed. "(Watch Me) Whip and Nae Nae" may have been the first to exploit this in the YouTube age, but many others like "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy and even "The Twist" by Chubby Checker came before to blaze the path. Now more than ever, dances blow up overnight thanks to social media, and "The Woah" is no stranger.

TikTok, formerly Musical.ly, is a controversial app circulating with the ability to snag sound bytes to songs and videos that can then be turned into new creations. This app has taken a place in the internet landscape still reeling from the loss of Vine, which met its end in 2016. The app is in the weird part of social media that comes across as just goofy enough to be seen as immature and just addicting enough to convince people that the trends it produces are worthy of fame, such as Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road".

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The "Woah" is said to have its origins in Dallas, Texas, the home of the "Dougie", as it was first explained by DJ Dangerous on 2017 to be a "bounce" move that ends in a "lock", almost like putting your car in park. Two artists that had an integral role in spreading "The Woah" were Lil Uzi Vert and Ski Mask the Slump God. Both being very unorthodox and boundary-pushing artists from the SoundCloud rap wave, they take part in ransom social media posting to the tee. Uzi is notorious for dancing on Instagram stories where he first hit the "Woah" in the Summer of 2018.

[...]

Ski Mask, however, didn't hit the "Woah" until later in the year, but an in-studio video of his song "Foot Fungus" made waves on Twitter, having an infectious bassline that begged for a dance to be attached.

[...]

The "Woah" has now evolved into a meme, being captured by many Twitter users and dancers, alike. Some to do it wrong … but the simplicity of the dance also makes it very marketable.

It is hard to say if the dance has the chops to be a mainstay in pop culture, but it has definitely seen its fair share of popularity in 2019.”
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*The sentences “Where did it come from? Where will it go? Where did it come from, Cotton-Eyed Woah?” is a attempt at humorous play on words for the lyrics to the American folk song “Cotton Eye Joe” (Where did you come from and where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton eyed Joe”. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton-Eyed_Joe for information about the song and theories about the meaning of the term “cotton eye”.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1: How to Hit The Woah! BEST DANCE TUTORIAL / Woah Tutorial


GregTheDancer, Feb 1, 2019

How to Hit The Woah: "Woah" EASY Dance Tutorial Step by Step. Secret to Hitting the Woah like a Pro. SECRET REVEALED to WOAH HOW TO.
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This dance tutorial is given with captions.
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When referring to Hip Hop dances, "hit" is a verb that means "to do" (to perform).

"Hit the [insert dance name] means "to do the [dance name]. For instance, "hit the quan" and "hit the dougie".

That said, the name of this dance may actually be "Hit The Woah" (and the name of those other dances may be "Hit The quan" and "Hit the dougie".

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Video #2: “WOAH” BATTLE |HIGH SCHOOL EDITION😳



WavyJayy, May 2, 2019

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Video #3: TOP 10 BEST WOAH CHALLENGE | NOTORIOUZ


NOTORIOUZ, Premiered Jul 21, 2019

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What The African American Vernacular English Word "Woah" REALLY Means & Information About The "Hit The Woah" Dance

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a four part pancocojams series on the African American Vernacular English word "woah" and the Hip Hop dance "[Hit the] Woah".

Part I provides information about the meanings of the African American Vernacular English term "woah".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/information-about-woah-dance-youtube.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents some information about the [Hit the] Woah dance and showcases several YouTube videos of Woah dance battles.

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/krypto9095-featuring-d3mstreet-woah_28.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases the official YouTube video and includes the lyrics for one of the numerous songs that popularized the Woah dance. Explanations for some of the African American Vernacular English words in that song are included in this post.

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WHAT THE WORD "WOA" MEANS IN STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoa
"Definition of whoa
1—a command (as to a draft animal) to stand still
2: cease or slow a course of action or a line of thought : pause to consider or reconsider —often used to express a strong reaction (such as alarm or astonishment)

First Known Use of whoa
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"...
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The "express a strong reaction (such as astonishment") portion of #2 in that definition is closer to the vernacular meaning of "woah".

By the way, although the English words "woe" and "woa" ("woah") are pronounced the same way, the exclamation "woa" doesn't have the same meaning as the noun "woe". "Woe" means "misery", "sorrow", or "distress".

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WHAT THE WORD "WOAH" MEANS IN VERNACULAR ENGLISH*
Excerpt #1:
From https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/whoa
EXCLAMATION
1. Used to express surprise, interest, or alarm, or to command attention.

‘whoa, that's huge!’
‘whoa dudes!’
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The definition given as #2 on that page is actually the standard definition for the English word "woa":
"Used as a command to a horse to make it stop or slow down, or to urge a person to stop or slow down"
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*It's my position that these vernacular English meanings come from African American [Vernacular] English which is the source of many American English vernacular terms/sayings.

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Excerpt #2
From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whoa
"whoa
1. To express surprise (interj)

2. To express astonishment(interj)

3. To indicate a desire for one to end that of which they are speaking (interj)

4. Evolved from a song to describe something that you're not quite sure exactly how to describe (adj)

Whoa can also be spelled "woah" though there are many arguments started by bored people about which way is correct.
1. "Whoa! Don't do that, you scared me."

2. "Whoa, that roller coaster is fast."

3. "Whoa, okay, that's enough."

4. "That car is so cool, it's like, whoa."
by Z October 03, 2004
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#1, #2, and #4 in this entry refer to the vernacular meaning of the word "woah".

Btw, I'm not that commenter, although some people have given me the nickname "Z" since my name is "Azizi".

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Excerpt #3
From https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/whoa-or-woah-correct-spelling-and-variants-of-the-increasingly-popular-word.html "Whoa! Woah?! Whoah.
How an old exclamation became the Internet’s most variously spelled word." By MATTHEW J.X. MALADY, DEC 29, 2013
..."Without question, this has been an especially whoa-full year. But why? “Whoa” is hardly a new word; it dates back to at least the early 17th century. At that time it was used mostly in shouted form and was intended to garner the attention of someone in the distance. Around the the mid-1800s, people began using “whoa” to halt forward-moving horses, and by the latter half of the 20th century it had morphed into an expression for conveying alarm, surprise, or advanced interest. (Messrs. Bill and Ted solidified the strength of this usage in 1989, Joey Lawrence sealed the deal during the ’90s, and Keanu Reeves reappeared without Bill S. Preston, Esq. to help usher the word into the new millennium via The Matrix.)

The expression is now exceedingly common, and in 2013 the continuing ascension of its usage overlapped with the advancing popularity of social media to create an unstoppable force of media momentum.

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But where “woah” with the “h” at the end really blew up this year was on social media. Typing the hashtag “#woah” into the search box on Twitter at any given moment results in something on the order of 50 tweets an hour. Remove the number sign from the front of “woah” and the result is more like 50 tweets a minute. (“Woah he got pushed,” “Woah, where did my highlighter go?” and “WOAH! Heat wave! 34 degrees!” just scrolled by on my computer screen.) Even putting aside Twitter, there were thousands of Instagram and Vine and Tumblr posts tagged with “woah” in 2013.

And if you were thinking you could perhaps quarantine yourself so as to preclude exposure to the Today show–style “woah” by avoiding all forms of social media and, say, spending some time relaxing in front of the TV, think again. This month, the History channel began airing an episode of its popular series Pawn Stars under the title, “Woah Pilgrim.”

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All things considered, it’s been a banner year for “whoa,” no matter how you prefer to spell it. In fact, the word hasn’t seen this level of media saturation and pop cultural prominence since 2000, when rapper Black Rob released a rugged, very un-PC and not-safe-for-work, pre­–Earl Sweatshirt club banger called “Whoa!” All the spellings, taken together, combined to form a Voltron-type superword that was pervasive in our communications this year. Sure, if you want to be all Amira about it, you could point out that “whoa” with the “h” following the “w” and an “a” at the end was once again the version that was most commonly used—due largely to the stamp of approval that goes along with being sanctioned by various books held in high regard. But there’s nothing particularly new about the word spelled that way showing up all over the place (with its trusty sidekick, the exclamation point). This year in whoa-ness was noteworthy instead because it was a magical and ridiculous time when more people than ever were spelling this goofy word in more ways than ever.”...

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Excerpt #4
From https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/whoa-woah.php "Woah’ shows no sign of being reined in"
By Merrill Perlman, FEBRUARY 27, 2018
"THE WORLD IS TOO SERIOUS, and everyone needs a little fun. So, let’s horse around a little and talk about a term that frequently get misspelled.

We wrote a few years ago about the difference between “rain,” “reign,” and “rein.” The first is precipitation, the second is royalty or lording it over something, and the third is controlling, the way a horse’s “reins” tell it what to do.

The headline on that piece was “Whoa, Nelly,” which brings us to the spelling of a word that’s more of a sound: “Whoa.” Except that it’s often misspelled as “woah.”

“Whoa” (or “woah”) means “stop,” but it’s become a casual conversation-stopper roughly translating to “holy crap.”

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A high schooler appearing in a play is quoted as saying “There are moments in the play where there is a significant pause, and then you think, ‘Woah, that just happened!’” A high school wrestler said “‘I just walked in, sat down against the wall and it was like, ‘Woah, I’m up here as a ninth-grader.’” A man struck by lightning on a golf course said: “You don’t think something like that is ever going to happen until it happens to you and then it’s like, woah. That was a bad choice.” The misspelling almost always occurs in a quotation rather than in narrative writing."...
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Instead of "holy crap", I think the exclamation "wow" is a better synonym for the vernacular word "woah", except that "woah" is an expression of surprise, but not necessarily of admiration.

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YouTube Videos About African American Jalaiah Harmon Teenager Finally Getting Credit & Recognition For Creating The Viral Hip Hop Dance "Renegade"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the viral Hip Hop dance "Renegade" as an example of how White people profit off of Black creativity.

Part II of this series showcases a video of the Hip Hop song "Lottery" which is the record used for the "Renegade dance. Part II also showcases some videos about Jalaiah Harmon's finally receiving credit for creating the Renegade dance after a number of White cultural influencers on TikTok have profited off of that dance.

Selected comments from one of these video's discussion threads are included in this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/how-african-american-teenager-jalaiah.html of this series. Part I presents information about how the experience of Jalaiah Harmon, the African American teenager who created the viral Hip Hop dance "Renegade" finally is getting some credit for her creative work.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Jalaiah Harmon for her creativity. Thanks to K Camp for his Hip Hop song "Lottery" ("Renegade"). t Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks to the publishers of these videos and vlogs on YouTube.
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Click for the closely related pancocojams post "Information About The Woah Dance & YouTube Examples Of That Dance" https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/information-about-woah-dance-youtube.html

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1: K Camp - Lottery (Renegade) (Official Video)


K Camp, Jun 20, 2019

Listen to Lottery from the album "Wayy 2 Kritical".
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This official video for K Camp's Hip Hop song "Lottery" ("Renegade") was produced and published before the Jalaiah Harmon created her "Renegade" dance and thus before that dance was modified on Tiktok as "the Renegade Challenge".

Click https://genius.com/K-camp-lottery-renegade-lyrics for the lyrics for this song.

Warning: The lyrics for this song includes the word "bi&tch" and the word "ho".

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Video #2: Original ‘Renegade’ Jalaiah Dances with tWitch! [Jailah dancing "Renegade" on The Ellen Show]



TheEllenShow, Feb 20, 2020

The biggest dance trend on the internet right now is called “The Renegade,” and a 14-year-old named Jalaiah choreographed the viral dance. She not only took the stage to dance with tWitch, she also chatted with Ellen and received a very special gift made just for her!
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Here are selected comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).


All these comments are from Feb 20, 2020 through Feb. 26, 2020
1. M m
"She’s literally the reasons so many tik tokers are famous, she deserves this and more, so talented"

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2. maya b.
"Totally, she deserves so much more .. and she does it the best!"

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3. Liam
"If it wasn’t for charli the dance wouldn’t be famous. (edit): the girl deserves the attention but charli still made the dance famous. (another edit): for the people who are saying charli only got famous because of the dance, you’re wrong. She had around 1 million followers before she posted the dance."

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4. Grxcie
"Liam Charli got most of her attention from Jalaiah’s dance."

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5. Eva Pack
"Liam True, but this girl should still get her credit"

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6. Oceane Camile
"Maybe tiktokers got famous because of the dance but the dance wouldn't have been famous without the tiktokers"

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7. zion- x -mxchelle
"@Liam if it wasn't for jalaiah the dance wouldn't exist which means charli wouldn't have made it famous"

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8. VisionGirl News
"@zion- x -mxchelle Exactly, I concur..Its so humorous that Charli had the nerve to steal a dance that she couldn't even duplicate right😆"

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9. Roonster
"@_xjahxsehx_ Charli wouldn't be anywhere without her dance so don't even make it look like Charli helped her get to Ellen. Charli stole all the moments and opportunities from her because everyone invites Charli for renegade although she's just doing a cover from someone else's choreography."

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10. Chanel Gold
"Oceane Camile the dance wouldn’t have even existed with her. so without HER dance, those tik tokers wouldn’t even be as big as they are. so once again, everything goes back to JALAIAH. she’s getting the credit she most absolutely deserves. if someone stole your dance and got famous and getting paid and given life changing opportunities off of YOUR dance without giving you credit while you got nothing, you’d be mad and you know it."

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11. CA_Gizelle
"@Liam because shes pretty, white, & made a watered down, gentrified "version" of it"

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12. Irene An
"I mean it's not exactly the same dance that Charlie does but anyways Charlie got the idea from her and she should've credited her"

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13. Addalyn Wooldrik
"IM SPRITE bro exactly my point!! this girl was making it complicated for people to remember, Charli just made it a lot easier for people. And yes if it wasn’t for her y’all wouldn’t know this girl"

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14. Bruno NotMars
"Good thing Ellen brought her and not Charli, this girl needs the Hype, she made the dance"

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15. Khadija Guled
"So glad she’s finally getting her recognition as the og renegade dancer"
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"og" = "original"

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16. Daniel 0220
"Khadija Guled you say “finally” like you been knew it was her"

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17. Melissa Stani
"Fr.I actually thought it was charli.😂"
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"Fr" = "for real"

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18. KawaiiAsEmmie
"Same"

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19. katelynn Vargas
"I HOPE THIS GIRL GETS HELLA FAME
SHE DESERVES IT unlike others..."

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20. No U
"Dunno how this is so hyped, I've seen so much more dances that deserved more hype but people be people and copy this"

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21. Prpuñeta
"About time she got her spot light everybody doing her dance go girl"

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22. TF10 alicia
"Prpuñeta I mean if you think about it no one was doing HER dance they were all doing charlis and tik toks remake of it"

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23. Prpuñeta
"TF10 alicia um well to tell you the true this little girl did the dance before Charlie and Charlie then did it so yea it is her dance because it’s her Chorography"

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24. •That one short kid•
"Prpuñeta no, they said Charli mashed it up, as you can see Jalaiah did way more movements and actually created the base, but Charli I guess changed up some of it and that got famous"

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25. kxllstx
"TF10 alicia
u mean they were doing the white washed version of her dance."

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26. angelynn brianna
"TF10 alicia renegade wouldn’t have happened without jalaiah so idk what else to tell u"

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27, Prpuñeta
"•That one short kid• she did the whole dance and Charlie did her dance with her own movement because that’s what you do put your style into a dance but this little girl created it that not the only dance Charlie has said she made up and then other people before her did it"

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28. ItsWelli
"ℝ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥"

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29. who cares
"@TF10 alicia Charlie didn't remake it tho"

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30. Cee Jay
"@TF10 alicia Its sad that ppl like you were raised to think this is OK. You are a product of a society that says its OK to TAKE TAKE & TAKE more from ppl who 'don't matter' You feel emboldened to make such an ignorant comment which further confirms that you were raised NOT to pay homage where homage is due. Some would call this Stealing. For arguments sake, I digress.

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31. Bella Nicole
"She deserves this AND MORE. Have you seen how much gigs and publicity the two girls were getting before Jalaiah publicly claimed her place as the originator of this dance? Can't wait to see what the future holds for her!"

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32. Rose Xx
"Who claimed to create the dance?"

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33. Sarah
"@Rose Xx doesn't matter, they dont deserve more online traffic for this tbh. They did try doing damage control once it all came to light but Jalaiah was saying for MONTHS she made this dance"

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34. Rose Xx
"Sarah can you just tell me? Otherwise it cab come across like what you're saying is false."

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35. Tea Doll
"Rose Xx charli damelio (probably spelt it wrong) and this girl named Addison they didn’t claim it but they got a lot of opportunities off of it so technically they didn’t claim it but they also didn’t deny it"

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36. MzzThang
"@Tea Doll they didnt claim they didnt create it tho and if they recieved money because ppl believed they originated it is wrong and that is stealing and plagiarism"

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37. Gezel !
"she created ONE 15 second dance, you guys are being dramatic. the famous tik tokers make way more than one 15 second dance and work wayyy harder than her. “Can’t wait to see what the future holds for her”- HAHAH"

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38. Lin Pristell
"@Gezel ! Those two white girls, are the perfect example, of white people having a history of stealing from Black people and profiting off of them. It took her 5-10 minutes and multiple tries to perfect the dance and only 5 seconds for two white girls to come along and get credited for her work 🙄"

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39. Meme Boi
"infiniteHames XD charli didn’t steal the the dance some other dude on TikTok stole it she was doing a trend she didn’t know who made the dance:

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40. Fantabulous Meera
"@Gezel ! Oh wait-
It's actually more than a minute! So that's x4 of Charli D'amelio's effort. Charli Copied the dance and made it easier for herself, while Jalaiah used her unique style and killed it!"

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41. Lora Reyn
"Bella Nicole i just wanted to mention that they did not claim her place , they never said they were the creators, and they credited her eventually so .."

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42. derty QWERTY42
"Nobody remembers this dance.. it is going to bw forgotten in 2 months for a new better one people remember.. this girl is good but the dance is basic as basic can be"

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43. Coco C
"infiniteHames XD don’t worry not all white people are like that I don’t like Addison or Charlie and I think it’s so wrong that they got clout from her dance"

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44. 1pimpafro
"@Rose Xx A white girl tried to claim she created the dance. Another culture vulture, but we set the story straight."

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45. Lauren Cameron
"Tea Doll If they didn’t deny it that leaves everything open to interpretation so they claimed it by default 🤷🏾‍♀‍"

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46. Lauren Cameron
"Gezel ! rrriiigghhttt! Whatever helps you sleep at night! Those girls gained hundreds of thousands of dollars “not denying” they were the originators of their dance but sure, it’s no big deal! 😂😂😂😂😂😂"

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47. appleheadsPYT
"infiniteHames XD they actually didn’t steal it , a black guy did and didn’t credit jalaiah lol"

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48. Sandra Ho
"you shouldn't JUST on charli and addison because 1. they never claimed it was theirs 2. they DIDINT steal the dance from Jalaiah, they didn't know it was hers because the person who posted it on tiktok first without giving credit to Jalaiah was @global.jones"

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49. Sadaf Zadan
"I think Charli got a lot of opportunities and her TIL too blew up cause of this dance and the other girl Addison, I saw online she was holding classes (paid classes) to teach people the Dance!"

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50. Heather
"Well, basically they changed the moves a bit to fit more TikTok and made it shorter. But yes, they have no right to claim to og."

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51. Leena
"You do realize that these TikTokers don’t make these dances most of them originate off of Dubsmash and the “hard work” they are doing is just copying trends and dances. It’s obvious you’re not a creator or artist in anyway because you’d understand how damaging not giving credit or acknowledging a persons work is"

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Video #3: ORIGINAL "RENEGADE" Dance Creator FINALLY Gets Her Credit for Her Viral Dance FULL STORY



GoldenBaby, Feb 18, 2020

Heeeeey babies. Today we're going to get into this story about Jalaiah Harmon and how she created the biggest viral dance out right now, but had her credit was given to someone else named Charli D'Amelio and she missed out on possible opportunities. Watch the whole video to get the full story!

✨Thanks for watching ✨



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How African American Teenager Jalaiah Harmon Finally Got Credit For Creating The Viral Hip Hop Dance "Renegade" (An Example Of How White People Profit Off Of Black Creativity)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the viral Hip Hop dance "Renegade" as an example of how White people profit off of Black creativity.

Part I of this series presents information about how the experience of Jalaiah Harmon, the African American teenager who created the viral Hip Hop dance "Renegade" finally is getting some credit for her creative work.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/youtube-videos-about-african-american.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases a video of the Hip Hop song "Lottery" which is the record used for the "Renegade dance. Part II also showcases some videos about Jalaiah Harmon's finally receiving credit for creating the Renegade dance after a number of White cultural influencers on TikTok have profited off of that dance.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Jalaiah Harmon for her creativity. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT JAILAIAH HARMON AND HER VIRAL DANCE "RENEGADE" & HOW WHITE PEOPLE HAVE PROFITED OFF OF THE DANCE SHE CREATED
Article Excerpt #1
From https://blavity.com/14-year-old-is-receiving-her-overdue-props-for-creating-viral-dance-renegade?category1=news "14-Year-Old Is Receiving Her Overdue Props For Creating Viral Dance 'Renegade'"
The 14-year-old dancer created a viral sensation but never received credit for it.
by Jon Greig, February 14 2020,
"The 14-year-old dancer and Atlanta, Georgia, native is the creative genius behind the Renegade, a massively popular dance taking over TikTok and Instagram.

Despite creating the popular dance, Harmon never received credit until there was a groundswell of outrage. Her situation spotlighted how many Black teens, particularly Black girls, are not receiving their props for being the brains behind dozens of viral sensations that are co-opted and profited from by white teens.

It all started on September 25, 2019, according to a recent New York Times profile of Harmon.
Harmon came home from school that night and decided to come up with a dance to K-Camp's hit song "Lottery" with a friend. Once they came up with all the intricate moves and filmed it, they posted the video to Funimate, a social media platform, and then to Instagram.
The video racked up 13,000 views but took off when another user posted a video of it on TikTok. From there, TikTok influencer Charli D’Amelio turned the video into one of the website's most popular dances by posting a video of herself recreating the moves.

Other major TikTok influencers jumped on the trend and started sharing videos of themselves doing it, but not a single one credited Harmon.

Harmon tried to create her own TikTok account and share the video while commenting on other videos asking for credit, but she was largely ridiculed for it.

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The situation highlighted the racial divides between content on sites like Dubsmash, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. For years, Black teens and creators have complained that white TikTok influencers routinely take dances and content from Black creators on Dubsmash and share it with their majority-white audiences on TikTok.

D’Amelio was implicated in another situation where she stole someone else's dance and told the New York Times that she was happy to learn of the person behind the dance.

“I know it’s so associated with me, but I’m so happy to give Jalaiah credit and I’d love to collaborate with her,” D’Amelio said.

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The halfhearted apology did little to change the reality of the situation, and the social media response was harsh, with many criticizing how common it is for Black art to be stolen and sold.

HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty
@itskeyon
· Feb 13, 2020
Replying to @itskeyon
See this is the stuff that I hate..........


HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty
@itskeyon
This is why black creatives can’t get no where cause y’all don’t like taking 2 seconds to credit y’all sources

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6:50 PM - Feb 13, 2020

@bbybluwu
i thought charli made that dance this whole time.. charli got big off of that dance and couldn’t even credit?????

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6:53 PM - Feb 13, 2020

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baeza
@MlSBEHAVINMARA
plus all the tiktokers that went viral got sooo many real life opportunities, brand deals, etc. because they got famous from this dance

23.4K
6:53 PM - Feb 13, 2020

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anu 🇳🇬🇺🇸
@cinderhellaz
Charlie Damelio did this dance and got over 30 million followers in a month, is now living in a mansion in LA and has millions in brand deals and was even in a super bowl ad. The original creator received nothing.

1,701
12:24 AM - Feb 14, 2020"

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Even famous producer Polow da Don has noticed a discrepancy in how content created by Black teens is repurposed by white children.

“Dubsmash catches things at the roots when they’re culturally relevant. TikTok is the suburban kids that take things on when it’s already the style and bring it to their community,” he told The Times.”..."

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Article Excerpt #2
From https://afrotech.com/social-media-rallies-teen-credit-tiktok-dance Social Media Rallies Behind Black Teen Who Did Not Receive Credit For Viral TikTok Dance
Stephanie Ogbogu, Posted on February 20, 2020
"TikTok is the latest social networking platform allowing users to go viral due to creative videos and dance challenges. However, as we’ve often seen in the past, although songs and dance challenges may go viral, amassing social media influencers a ton of followers, endorsements, and other opportunities, the Black creative who originated the trend tends to get the short end of the stick.

14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon of Fayetteville, GA is the creator and choreographer of the viral “Renegade” dance routine. You may not know the name, but if you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet, or have a teenager in your life who enjoys TikTok, you’ve definitely seen the dance.

The dance craze has taken over TikTok. It’s even made its way to Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube, with celebrities getting involved in the fun.

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The routine has gotten so big that in anticipation for NBA All Star Weekend, the NBA had TikTok influencer, Addison Rae Easterling, fly down to teach their cheerleaders the dance. To top it off, Addison, along with TikTokers Charli D’Amelio and Dixie D’Amelio, performed the famous “Renegade” dance during the NBA All Star Dunk Contest alongside Aaron Gordon.

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And while everyone is having a blast learning the dance, they know very little about who created it. In fact, despite the routine being choreographed by Jalaiah, credit has actually given to viral TikTok star, Charli D’Amelio, for “popularizing” it.

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Recently, Jalaiah did an interview with the New York Times, discussing her thoughts on coming up with the blazing hot trend.

“I was happy when I saw my dance all over,” she tells the publication. “But I wanted credit for it.”

Jalaiah recalls creating the dance and posting it alongside her 12-year-old Instagram friend back in September 2019.

“I posted on Instagram and it got about 13,000 views, and people started doing it over and over again,” Jalaiah tells the publication.

Weeks later, TikToker @global.jones, a Black creator known for dance challenges, did the dance on TikTok with his little brother. The dance’s popularity began to grow from there.

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Unfortunately, @global.jones hadn’t given Jalaiah credit, either.

Jalaiah has done her due diligence to get the credit she deserves, hopping in the comment section of videos to bring awareness, only to be ridiculed by other users.

Thankfully, New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz felt it was necessary to shine a spotlight on Jalaiah Harmon, prompting the rest of social media to do the same.

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Black Twitter came to Jalaiah’s defense, demanding that she receive the credit she rightfully deserves, including all of the opportunities that other (white) TikTokers are being given.

With virality comes profitability. In this digital age, we have seen social media make young people very wealthy. YouTuber Evan Fong brought in $11.5 million last year by just playing video games. We’ve even watched viral stars become celebrities and live the life of their dreams (ex: Lil Nas X)."...

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Fortnite is another great example of Black creatives having their art ripped off and not being compensated. In May 2019, Fortnite made $203 million as reported by Forbes. However, the featured dances that make the game so popular, are frame by frame copies from Black creators like rapper 2 Milly, Donald Faizon, Alfonso Ribeiro, Snoop Dogg and more.

K. Camp, the rapper responsible for the song “Lottery” which is used in the Renegade Challenge, took to Twitter to shine a much-needed additional spotlight on Jalaiah over the weekend.

“Lottery” has become a viral smash thanks to social media and it couldn’t have been done without Jalaiah’s efforts.

“Thank you Jalaiah and Skylar for helping make lottery the BIGGEST song in the world,” K. Camp tweeted alongside a video of him in the studio with Jalaiah performing her dance.

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With the entirety of Black Twitter and K Camp on her side, Jalaiah finally received an invite to Chicago to perform her original version of “Renegade” during the final day NBA All Star Weekend. Before the game, Jalaiah met up with Charli D’Amelio and Addison Easterling, the viral TikTok stars who were initially invited to perform in Chicago and were credited for popularizing the “Renegade Challenge.”

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Finally, Jalaiah got an opportunity to finally show the world the dance she created nearly 6 months ago. During the 2020 NBA All Star game on Sunday, February 16, the young Atlanta dancer took to the court and performed, capturing the attention of celebrities and acquiring new fans. She was even briefly joined by the NBA cheerleaders.

Congratulations to social media creator, Jalaiah Harmon. Glad the power of the internet was able to make sure you received your just due!"
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"All Of My Love" - The REAL Origin Of This Historically Black Greek Letter Fraternity And Sorority Song

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Update- April 2, 2024

This pancocojams post provides documents the source of the historically Black Greek Letter fraternity & sorority song "All Of My Love".

This post also provides some text and video examples of that fraternity and sorority song.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and all those who are quoted in this post.
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Some of the content of this post was published in an April 2012 pancocojams post entitled "The Fraternity & Sorority Song 'All Of My Love' - Source, Comments, & Examples". There are no visitor comments to that post.

I consider fraternity & sorority chants to be cultural artifacts which deserve to be collected, preserved, and studied. I also believe that fraternity & sorority songs and chants should only be recited and/or performed by those persons who are affiliated with the specific organization that is associated with that particular song or chant. The chant/song "All Of My Love" is claimed by more than one Black Greek lettered organization.

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OVERVIEW OF "ALL OF MY LOVE" FRATERNITY & SORORITY SONG
The song "All Of My Love" is sung by multiple university based Black Greek lettered organization (BGLO). To date, I've found examples of, and received comments on my [no longer active] cocojams.com website from members of the following Black Greek Letter Organizations (BLGOs) claiming that song: (given in alphabetical order), Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Update: April 2, 2024- The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. song "Deep In My Heart" has the same tune and tempo as the other Black Greek Letter Organizations' All of my Love" songs that I have found.

Here are two such comments:
1. "All Of My Love, Peace, & Happiness
I am a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority inc. I crossed on May 20, 1984. At that time all of the Black Frats and Sororities of the time had similar chants, but of course there were those that were unique to a particular group.

All of our love, peace and harmony, I'm gonna' give to________(you fill in the blank). It could be Zeta, Sigma, Alpha, Delta, Omega, or Kappa. The groups that usually used this chant were the Sigmas and Zetas."
-Aphrodite, Spring '84 Omicron Mu, Buffalo NY; 4/11/2006

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2. All Of My Love, Peace, & Happiness
"A L P H A All MY Love my Peace and Happiness in going to give it to Alpha Just a miscellaneous of words. How can another organization try to claim a song that spells out another fraternity.. thats my 06 cent.."
-Encore06; 7/29/2006
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Here are two (partial) lyrics for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. version of "All Of My Love" from http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/archive/index.php/t-8364.html
1. "All of my love, my love my love and peace and happiness. I'm gonna give it to Omega."
Oily-Que, 06-13-2001

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2. "All of my love(my love my love)
my peace and happiness(ROOF)
I want to give to Omega"
esigmaque, 06-15-2001
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The "ROOF" is the signature Omega bark.
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Here's an example of "All Of My Love" from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/bbzphib/new_page_35.htm
"All of my love,
(back ground) my love, my love
Peace and happiness
Whew!
I give to my Zeta
-Repeat once-
Z-E-T-A P-H-I B-E-T-A
Zeta Phi Beta
(start over)

-- Contributed by Soror F. Hodges"

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Here's a Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc posting of the lyrics "All of my love"
From https://www.pinterest.com/pin/418201515371494114/
"MsLioness2U saved to I Love My DST!
All of my love, my peace, and happiness, I'm gonna give it to Delta."
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No date is given for that post.

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THE SOURCE OF THE FRATERNITY/SORORITY SONG "ALL OF MY LOVE"
The real source for the Black Greek letter fraternity/sorority song "All My Love, My Peace & Happiness" is the 1970 soul/rock song "Love, Peace & Happiness" by The Chambers Brothers.

Here's a video of that song:

Chambers Brothers - Love, Peace & Happiness



Uploaded by guillaimz on Jan 14, 2009

Highly underrated rock/soul classic

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The Chambers Brothers soul music group is composed of four African American biological brothers, and one White male.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chambers_Brothers:
The Chambers Brothers is a soul-music group, best known for its 1968 hit record, the 11-minute long song "Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions with modern psychedelic and rock elements...

The song "Love, Peace, Happiness reached #96 on the 1970s Pop Singles chart.
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Here's the chorus of The Chambers Brothers "Love, Peace, Happiness":

All our love, peace, and happiness
We're gonna give to you now
All our love, peace, and happiness
And you can share yours too

All our love, peace, and happiness
We're gonna give to you yeah
All our love, peace, and happiness
You can share yours too

Click http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/chambers-brothers-lyrics/love-peace-and-happiness-lyrics.html for the lyrics to that entire song.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS OF BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS SINGING "ALL OF MY LOVE"
Unfortunately, I have only found YouTube examples of this song from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc on YouTube.

If you know of YouTube examples from other Black Greek letter Organizations, please share that information in the comment section below. Thanks!

The following five videos are posted in alphabetical & chronological order, using the organization's name and the video's publishing date.

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. song "All of my heart and soul (belongs to A Phi A)" is included here because its tune is the same as "All of My Love".

Video #1: Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Gamma Chapter AAMU 2013 Fall Graduation



Rob Summers, Mar 2, 2014

AMUNS Graduation, AAMU, DG chapter Alpha Phi Alpha, The Tr3, Jewe7, and the Teezy. We Party Hard, We Stay up Late, But Most of All We Graduate! SCHOLARS MAKING DOLLARS!!!
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The song with refrain "All of my heart and my soul/belongs to A Phi A" has the same tune as "All Of My Love". That song begins around .47 and ends around 2:11.

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Video #2: Delta Sigma Theta singing "All of my Love"



Uploaded by leanback04 on Mar 30, 2008

The ladies of Delta Sigma Theta singing "All of My Love" at the spring 2008 probate for the Gamma Tau Chapter. This on the historic campus of Tuskegee University.
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The words to this song are sung in a round along with the sorority's signature call.

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Video #3: Delta Sigma Theta - Mu Omicron - All of My Love - Centennial



datdeucetz, Published on Jan 14, 2013

The MOnumental Mu Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta from North Carolina State University, brings in the Centennial Founders Day, with thousands of sorors from around the world. On the campus of Howard University, where it all began ... Honoring the legacy of our 22 founders, with ALL OF OUR LOVE.

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Video #4: All My Love



Posted by nashad42 — January 22, 2010
"My neos at the Omega PSI Phi - PSI Chapter Spring 2009 Probate" Morehouse College

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* "Probate" is the "coming out" ceremony for those who were pledging a particular sorority or fraternity. "Probates" (neos) are new members of that sorority or fraternity.

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Video #5: Omega Psi Phi - All of My Love In Memory of Officer Thomas A. Orr III



Kassandra Johnson, Aug 24, 2017
Lee's Summit, Mo Memorial Service for Officer Thomas A. Orr III (March 6, 1987 - August 20, 2017) Eta Sigma

Chapter Spring 09. Story: "Friends remember Lee’s Summit officer shot in Westport as a vibrant man who loved to enjoy life" by: Shannon O'Brien, Aug 21, 2017 https://fox4kc.com/news/friends-remember-lees-summit-officer-shot-in-westport-as-a-vibrant-man-who-loved-to-enjoy-life/
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The police officer who was killed was a member of Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity Inc. as is his younger brother who hopped (during this Omega tribute) with other Omegas in honor of their brother.

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Update April 2, 2024 - "Deep In My Heart" 

Here's a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. song that has the same tune and tempo as the other historically Black Greek letter versions of "All of My Love"

Version #6 -Delta Eta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. | Fall 2022 New Initiation Presentation


Kenz Productions, Nov. 33, 2022
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This song is sung by all of the new members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc, as they  stroll into their probate. (beginning at 2:09 to 3:219.)

Here are the words to that song:

Deep in my heart
you know that I
love that blue and gold
All that I know
ain’t nothin like
that S G Rho 

[repeat the entire song multiple times)

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2016 Movie "Hidden Figures" & Information About Katherine Johnson, One Of The African American Mathematicians Behind NASA's Rocket Launches

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about the 2016 movie Hidden Figures which is about three African American female mathematicians (Creola Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson) who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race

This post particularly provides information about Katherine Johnson who passed away Feb. 24, 2020.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson for their contributions to the world. Thanks to Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the book Hidden Figures about these African American mathematicians. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks also to all those who are associated with the videos that are embedded in this post.

Rest In Peace, Katherine Johnson.

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INFORMATION ABOUT KATHERINE JOHNSON
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson
"Katherine Johnson (born Creola Katherine Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020), also known as Katherine Goble, was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.[2] During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".[3]

Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American in orbit, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon.[2][4][5] Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program,[2] and she worked on plans for a mission to Mars. In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[6] In 2019, Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.[7] She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVIE "HIDDEN FIGURES"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures
"Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions. The film also features Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson, with Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, and Mahershala Ali in supporting roles.

Principal photography began in March 2016 in Atlanta and was wrapped up in May 2016. Hidden Figures had a limited release on December 25, 2016, by 20th Century Fox, before going wide in the United States on January 6, 2017. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $236 million worldwide. It was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2016[4] and was nominated for numerous awards, including three Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Spencer), and two Golden Globes (Best Supporting Actress for Spencer and Best Original Score). It also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Plot
In 1961, Katherine Goble works as a human computer in the West Area Computers division of the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, alongside her colleagues, aspiring engineer Mary Jackson and their unofficial acting-supervisor Dorothy Vaughan. They are all African-American women: the unit is segregated by race and sex.

Following the successful Soviet Union's launch of Yuri Gagarin, pressure to send American astronauts into space increases. Supervisor Vivian Mitchell assigns Katherine to assist Al Harrison's Space Task Group, given her skills in analytic geometry. She becomes the first black woman on the team. Katherine's new colleagues are initially dismissive and demeaning, especially head engineer Paul Stafford.

Mary is assigned to the space capsule heat shield team where she immediately identifies a design flaw. Meanwhile, Mitchell informs Dorothy that she will not be promoted, as there are no plans to assign a "permanent supervisor for the colored group".

Mary receives encouragement from her team leader, a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor, to apply for an official NASA engineer position. When she submits her application, she is told by Mitchell that despite her mathematics and physical science degree she will never be a NASA engineer because she would need to take certification courses. These are offered at the all-white nearby Hampton High School, so despite her husband's opposition, Mary decides to file a petition for permission to attend.

Katherine meets African-American National Guard Lt. Col. Jim Johnson at a barbecue, but she is disappointed when he voices skepticism about women's mathematical abilities. He later apologizes, and begins spending time with Katherine and her three daughters.

When Harrison invites his subordinates to solve a complex mathematical equation, Katherine develops the solution, leaving him impressed. The Mercury 7 astronauts visit Langley and astronaut John Glenn goes out of his way to be cordial to the West Area women computers.

Harrison is enraged when he finds out that Katherine is forced to walk a half-mile (800 meters) to another building to use the colored people's bathroom. Harrison abolishes bathroom segregation, knocking down the "Colored Bathroom" sign himself. Harrison allows Katherine to be included in their meetings, in which she figures out how to calculate the space capsule's re-entry. Despite this, Stafford has Katherine remove her name from reports, insisting that computers cannot author them. They are credited solely to Stafford. Meanwhile, Mary pleads her case in court and wins over the local judge by appealing to his sense of history and being on the right side of it, although he restricts her to night classes at the segregated school.

Dorothy learns of the impending installation of an IBM 7090 electronic computer that threatens to replace human computers. She visits the computer room to learn about it, and successfully starts the machine. Later, she visits a public library, where the librarian scolds her for visiting the whites-only section, to borrow a book about Fortran. She steals the book, teaches herself programming and trains her West Area co-workers. When NASA learns of her new skills, she is promoted to supervise the Programming Department; she accepts only on condition that 30 of her co-workers are transferred as well. Mitchell finally addresses her as "Mrs. Vaughan" rather than "Dorothy".

As the final arrangements for John Glenn's launch are made, Katherine is reassigned back to West Area Computers. Harrison tells her the demotion is beyond his control and that they no longer need computers in their department.

The day of the launch, discrepancies are found in the IBM 7090 calculations for the capsule's landing coordinates. Astronaut Glenn requests that Katherine be called in to check them. She quickly does so, only to have the door slammed in her face after delivering the results to the control room. However, Harrison gives her a security pass. After a successful launch and orbit, a warning indicates the capsule's heat shield may have come loose. Mission control decides to land it after three orbits instead of seven and Harrison suggests that they leave the retro-rocket attached to the heat shield to help keep it in place. The Friendship 7 successfully lands.

Following the mission, the mathematicians are laid off and ultimately replaced by electronic computers. Katherine is reassigned to the Analysis and Computation Division, Dorothy continues to supervise the Programming Department, and Mary obtains her engineering degree and gains employment at NASA as an engineer. Stafford brings Katherine a cup of coffee and accepts her name as a report co-author.

An epilogue reveals that Katherine later calculated the trajectories for the Apollo 11 and Space Shuttle missions. In 2015, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The following year, NASA dedicated the Langley Research Center's Katherine G. Johnson Computational Building in her honor."

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Video #1: The African-American women behind NASA's rocket launches



CBS This Morning, Sep 7, 2016

A group of women at NASA called "human computers," many of them black, helped put a man on the moon. Their intellect was an essential part of America's ability to launch rockets into space. Jan Crawford shows us how they were relegated to a footnote in history -- until now.
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Here are two comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. xqmeimitas, 2016
"I find the real story in this documentary and biographical movie to be not that nasa was inclusive what really happened is that there was simply no other people with the capacity to do the work thus leaving them with no choice but to hire the best knowledgeable people men or women black or white american or foreign for the advancement of the white agenda meaning economy"

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2. Alphonso Del Toro, 2017
"Wake up America and give overdue recognition and honor to these great blacks that have contributed so much to our country."

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Video #2: The Stream - NASA's 'Hidden Figures'



Al Jazeera English, Sep 15, 2016
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. lisa bradley, 2016
"I'm So thrilled these women got the recognition they deserved!"

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2. GraiShawn Landry, 2017
"lisa bradley Far from it. No doubt, this is a start to getting these women the recognition they need but we have a LONG WAY to go. Until we can say they got what they deserved. Why aren't they in history books today"

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3. lisa bradley, 2017
"GraiShawn Landry That is a good question WHY??? I'll tell ya why bc of the ignorant racist world we live in. I'm not here to judge but these wonderful talented beautiful ladies definitely deserved to have been treated with respect and put in our history books & celebrated. I'm still smh & ashamed of this country's past. I pray daily"

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4. Jake Taylor, 2016
"on a visit to KSC I saw a panel with information about Mrs. Johnson, was surprised to see about twelve African-American women astronauts (2015)."
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"KFC" ="Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located in Merritt Island, Florida, is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers. Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight" [wikipedia]

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5. Jellou Ray Macayan, 2016
"She didnt look like african american 🤔🤔🤔"

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6. Diana Thomas, 2017
"Yes she did. The problem is that you dumb butts today do NOT understand ALL OF THE COLORS OF BEING BLACK. We range from blonde/blue eyes to midnight black/dark eyes."

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7. Henri-Paul BOLAP, 2018
"Max Black According to racial sandards prevailing then, yes. If she had Black ancestors in her lineage, up to I don't know for how many generations back in time, she was Black from the mainstream, mainly WASP's point of view"
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The first commenter referred to the fact that Katherine Johnson was very light skinned. There are African Americans (and other Black people) who are lighter than Katherine Johnson was, but because of the United States' now unofficial "one drop of Black blood" rule, she and those other light skin people were considered Black. Note that both Katherine Johnson's biological parents may have been Black, and both of them need not have been light skin for her to have been light skinned. Read my comment below about the United States' "one drop of Black blood" rule.

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8. Audrey Martin, 2017
"AlI we ever were taught was about Martin Luther king that was wonderful but l am Glad to know this. I hope more of our colored, Black, African American history comes to the big screen and the class rooms of the world. I love the title of the book (Hidden figures) because so much of our American history is hidden , and African history from Americans"

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9. ASSETS OVER LIABILITIES, 2017
"W e definitely need more women in STEM"
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"STEM" - "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, including Computer Science"

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10. K Mac. 2018
"This was an incredible movie and I had no idea this occurred. Amazing.

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Umbrellas & Parasols In Ghanaian Festivals & In Social Aid & Pleasure Club (New Orleans Louisiana) Processions

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs (SAPC) custom of holding and twirling umbrellas (parasols) during their parades.

Part II presents information about umbrellas in traditional Ghanaian festivals. This post also showcases videos of umbrella in Ghanaian festivals and videos of members of New Orleans' Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs holding umbrellas/parasols or feathered fans during jazz funeral parades and second line parades.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/why-umbrellas-parasols-are-carried-by.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about the Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs (SAPC) and provides information about the history of umbrellas (parasols).

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and folkloric purposes.

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Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT UMBRELLAS AT GHANAIAN FESTIVALS
Excerpt #1 
From https://favoriten-festival.de/en/programm/looking-for-beginnings "LOOKING FOR BEGINNINGS" , by Rita Mawuena Benissan & Princela Biyaa [no date given, retrieved on Sept. 18, 2023
"In Ghana, the royal umbrellas are used in the chieftaincy. The royals – king, queen mother and chief – stand and dance under the umbrella surrounded by their entourage. The umbrellas are to provide shade and protect the person from the weather and sun, but they also serve as an indicator of that person. The fabrication of the umbrella represents the person and the community walking under the umbrella. The use of color and size establishes a power dynamic with the different types of umbrellas.

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Excerpt #2
From
"https://captimes.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/q-a-artist-rita-mawuena-benissan-captures-her-ghanaian-heritage-under-one-big-umbrella/article_587beec4-effa-5d1b-b668-af4edf75e283.html "Q&A: Artist Rita Mawuena Benissan captures her Ghanaian heritage under one big umbrella"; By Lindsay Christians, Jun 13, 2021
"Rita Mawuena Benissan takes a “big tent” view of family and culture. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say “big umbrella.”

Benissan, 26, is a photographer, a cultural curator at the Noldor Artist Residency in Accra, Ghana, and a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin’s Master of Fine Arts program.

She was born in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, to Ghanaian parents, came to Michigan as a baby and was raised in a Ghanaian American household by her aunt and uncle, whom she also calls Mom and Dad. When she moved to Madison in 2018, Benissan found another Ghanaian community of honorary aunts, uncles and cousins.

When a member of that community came to Benissan’s Master of Fine Arts show at Arts + Literature Laboratory this past spring, she was struck by the massive umbrellas Benissan had designed. Made of what Benissan called “faux velvet” and bamboo, the umbrellas were inspired by those used by chiefs and queens in Ghanaian festivals.

“My friends who grew up in Ghana or visited Ghana ... they were like, ‘Oh, my God, we finally see these here. We’re so used to seeing them from far away!’” Benissan recalled. The umbrellas, used at funerals and celebrations, are “always high up in the sky, and it’s very crowded.

“Being able to actually see the umbrellas face to face, see the surface and how they’re made, the texture, even the size — it’s just a whole different experience.”

These are essential tenets of Benissan’s art practice: connecting to a royal African history, personally and culturally, and making that history immediate and accessible. Benissan spoke with The Cap Times about discovering her own Black aesthetic and her dreams for Si Hene, a growing Instagram archive that could one day be a physical museum.

The royal umbrella came to me because throughout my life, my parents would say, ‘You have royalty in your family.’ I would know the history about it, but I didn’t have any real photos. My grandfather was a traditional chief, but there’s not much information about him.

One thing that I noticed in Madison was the Ghanaian Association, they always have an African Festival, and they have the royal umbrellas. I was like, this is a very interesting object. It was a bridge for me to connect my textiles and printmaking, but also being able to use photographs to capture the essence of the umbrella and the person that was under it.

That was what brought me to actually go to Ghana, in 2019.”…
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Click https://www.instagram.com/si.hene/ for Rita Mawuena Benissan's Instagram account on Ghanaian culture.

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VIDEO EXAMPLES OF UMBRELLAS/PARASOLS IN GHANAIAN FESTIVALS

Video #1: Adae Festival - Kumasi - Ghana



jaderoo2, Mar 28, 2016

Within a six-week cycle, Adae has two celebration days, once on a Sunday (Akwasidae) and again on a Wednesday (Awukudae). The Adae cycle is repeated nine times in a year. In observance of the Akan calendar, the ninth Adae Festival, called the Adae Kese Festival ("big Adae"), coincides with celebration of the New Year. It is therefore celebrated to thank the gods and the ancestors for the new harvest. The festivals within Adae are not interchangeable, having been fixed from ancient times.

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Video #2: Highlights of Asafotufiami Festival at Ada



GhanaWeb TV, Aug 6, 2017

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Video #3: Yam Festival, Volta Region, Ghana



James Dalrymple, Jan 6, 2019

The Yam Festival, known in the local Ewe dialect as Te Za, is a harvest festival in the Asogli State, Volta Region of Ghana. The festival takes place in September of each year and is presided over by the paramount chief and president of the National House of Chiefs, King Togbe Afede XIV. With music, dancing, feasting and local crafts, the festival celebrates family, farmers, culture and unity.

This film was shot with the Sony FS5 and Sony A7R3 cameras in Ghana by James Dalrymple.

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Video #4: Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Asantehene Visit Okyehene First Time In History Pt1



ANANSE TV GH, Premiered Aug 7, 2019

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VIDEO EXAMPLES OF MEMBERS OF NEW ORLEANS' SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUBS CARRYING PARASOLS
Video #1: You better second line! Jazz funeral in New Orleans for Juanita Brooks



 kookydave, Oct 20, 2009

Come pay your respects like we do down here in Nawlin's. Experience a real New Orleans second line jazz funeral for the lovely and talented Juanita Brooks.

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Video #2: 2010 Lady Buck Jumpers Second Line



Come See About Me, Dec 18, 2010

The Lady Buck Jumpers strut their stuff through Uptown, New Orleans to the sounds of the Rebirth Brass Band.

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Video #3: Uncle Lionel Baptiste Jazz Funeral



onenawlins, Jul 24, 2012

....One City, One Love, OneNawlins!!!!!.......Uncle Lionel Batiste Jazz Funeral. Batiste was the assistant band leader, vocalist and bass drummer of the Treme Brass Band for decades. Uncle Batiste died July 8, 2012 from a short battle with cancer.

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Video #4: Fats Domino Memorial - Second Line - 11/1/17 - 9th Ward New Orleans



Louisiana Live, Nov 7, 2017

Fats Domino Second Line
- 11/1/17
- 9th Ward New Orleans
- shot & edited by Keith Wilkes
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Here's some information about Fats Domino from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Domino
"Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records.[2] Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 hits.[3] His humility and shyness may be one reason his contribution to the genre has been overlooked.[4]

During his career, Domino had 35 records in the U.S. Billboard Top 40, and five of his pre-1955 records sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.[5] His musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.[5]

His 1949 release "The Fat Man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock and roll record. His two most famous songs are "Ain't That A Shame" and "Blueberry Hill"."...

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Why Umbrellas (Parasols) Are Carried by Members Of New Orleans' Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs (History of Umbrellas)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest update- Sept. 18, 2023

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs (SAPC) custom of holding and twirling umbrellas (parasols) during their parades.

Part I presents information about the Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs (SAPC) and provides information about the history of umbrellas (parasols).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/videos-of-ghanaians-holding-large.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases videos of umbrellas/parasols in Ghanaian (West Africa) festivals. Part II also showcases videos of members of some New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs carrying umbrellas/parasols, or feathered fans during jazz funerals and second line parades.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and folkloric purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This pancocojams post is closely related to the pancocojams series about New Orleans second lines.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/video-documentary-of-new-orleans.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. In that post "Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs" are referred to as "Benevolent Societies".

Part II of that pancocojams series https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/youtube-video-comments-about-new.html "YouTube Video Of The Second Line Funeral For Singer Juanita Brooks & Comments About New Orleans Jazz Funerals" includes several questions from the discussion thread of that showcased video about why people carry umbrellas during New Orleans jazz funerals. Here's one of those questions and its replies:
1. OhSheela, 2017
"Very Beautiful 🙌🏽🥀
Why the umbrellas?
Is there a meaning behind, I'm just asking. I've seen them ☔️ or shine💜"

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2. RunningErins, 2017
"There isn't really a meaning behind it but it was mainly used for shade before air conditioners were a thing. It also became an accessory of choice for many southern weddings and funerals and was often an indicator of societal statue."

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3. Tracie Lawrence, 2017
"They're parasols."

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4. Jack Pea, 2018
"I think there is a West African origin. Umbrellas were a thing and still is some places."

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Those questions and replies prompted me to do some online research about the history of umbrellas/parasols and why New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs might have chosen to carry parasols when they parade during jazz funerals and during their other parades. I was particularly interested in finding some examples of West Africans carrying umbrellas and stroke gold when I came across videos of Ghanaians carrying and twirling large parasols during various festivals. I've included some of those videos in Part II of this series.

Part I of this series provides some excerpts of online articles about the custom of carrying parasols-in the early days to protect important people from the sun, as symbols of nobility, status, and/or authority, and/or as fashion statements. I think all of reason #2 and #3 in particular may explain why members of New Orleans' Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs carry parasols. I also think that the feathered fans that New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Club members carry come from these same African, Asian, and Middle Eastern traditions and are carried for the same reasons as indicated in #2 and #3.

Your thoughts on the origins and meanings of this custom are very welcome.

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INFORMATION ABOUT NEW ORLEANS SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUBS
From https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/music/history-and-traditions/social-aid-and-pleasure-clubs/
"SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUBS
These groups are rooted in community activism

Strutting and jumping and high-stepping beneath their decorated parasols – blowing whistles and waving feathered fans – African-American members of New Orleans’ social aid and pleasure clubs are the organizers, originators, and sponsors of the second line parades for which the city is famous.

In his autobiography, “Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans,” Louis Armstrong wrote that when he was a child, "To watch those clubs parade was an irresistible and absolutely unique experience ... Every time one of those clubs paraded I could second line with them all day long." And in 1949, the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club asked Pops to reign as King in the Zulu parade."
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This is a complete re-print of this article. No author or publishing date is given for this article which I retrieved on Feb. 25, 2020.

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EXCERPTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF UMBRELLAS/PARASOLS
These excerpts are given in no particular order. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

Excerpt #1
From https://www.parasolgroup.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-the-umbrella-11726/ The history of the umbrella
18th December 2019, by Laura
..."The word ‘umbrella’ originates from the Latin term ‘umbra’, later followed by the Italian term ‘ombra’, which translates to today’s shade or shadow. This provides a strong link back to the early use of the parasol, providing a shadow against the sun’s powerful rays.

So, where did the umbrella come from?
The basic umbrella was invented over 4,000 years ago, its early use has links back to Egypt, Greece and China. If we think of an umbrella, the first thing that would come to mind is rain; however, if we look at their use through time, they weren’t always used in these conditions. The ancient form of the umbrella was traditionally used for protection from the sun, today referred to as a parasol.

Ancient Egypt
In ancient Egypt, the first parasols appeared over 4,000 years ago, and were created to protect royalty and nobility from the sun’s harsh rays. They were originally made from materials such as tree leaves and palm branches, evolving to be made from animal skins and cloth as time went on. These materials were extremely expensive and difficult to source. As a result, they were almost exclusively used by royalty and nobility as a symbol of wealth.

In the desert-like climate, there was little need to create an umbrella through the waterproofing process.

China
In the 11th century BC, the early form of the umbrella was used by those who could afford such a luxurious item. The first waterproof parasols, or umbrellas from then onwards, failed to reach Europe due to limited international trade routes.

A long journey to Europe
After trade routes became more established, the Egyptian non-waterproofed parasol made its way to Greece and Italy, however they were used almost exclusively by females as males viewed them as ‘feminine’. Although the parasol had made its European debut, the fall of the Roman Empire led to its sudden departure from public use.

The poor conditions and lack of technological advancement following this meant that there was an almost-1000 year absence of the umbrella in Europe.

Closer to home
The umbrella emerged again in the 16th century, gaining popularity in the rainy climates of northern Europe.

In the 1790s, the tradition of female use continued to strengthen. This changed when Persian traveller and writer Jonas Hanway used an umbrella in public for a number of decades, popularising its use amongst men. The male population disapproved of this at first, but soon accepted the umbrella into their routine after stronger and heavier umbrellas were put into production.

The first shop that exclusively sold umbrellas was called James Smith and Sons. The shop opened in London in 1830, and still exists to this day.

Early European umbrellas were crafted together from wood and a form of oiled canvas, until the mid 1850s when the steel ribbed umbrella design was created by Samuel Fox. This was followed by the compact collapsible umbrella, available over a century later”...

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Excerpt #2
From https://favoriten-festival.de/en/programm/looking-for-beginnings LOOKING FOR BEGINNINGS
by Rita Mawuena Benissan & Princela Biyaa [no date given, retrieved on Sept. 18, 2023]
"In Ghana, the royal umbrellas are used in the chieftaincy. The royals – king, queen mother and chief – stand and dance under the umbrella surrounded by their entourage. The umbrellas are to provide shade and protect the person from the weather and sun, but they also serve as an indicator of that person. The fabrication of the umbrella represents the person and the community walking under the umbrella. The use of color and size establishes a power dynamic with the different types of umbrellas.“…

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Excerpt #3
From https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/06/garden/umbrellas-drenched-in-history.html UMBRELLAS: DRENCHED IN HISTORY
The New York Times Archives
Cathy Silver, May 6, 1981, Section C, Page 16
..."When the Mandarins ruled China in the 11th century B.C., ''The rank of any holder of office could be judged according to whether a double or triple-decked umbrella was carried over him; a fourfold sunshade was the privilege of the heaven-born emperor alone,'' wrote Max von Boehn in ''Ornaments: Modes and Manners'' (Benjamin Blom, 1970). In imperial Japan the Mikado never appeared in public unaccompanied by his parasol-bearer. Even today a parasol-bearer stands near the Emperor as he gardens.

Alabaster reliefs in the Palace at Nineveh in Iraq dating from 885-860 B.C. show the Assyrian ruler Nimrod in his war chariot. ''Behind him stands a slave with a conical parasol, made of some striped material, and made to fold up,'' von Boehn wrote. In ancient Egyptian art, Pharaohs are enthroned beneath parasols, and in Thebes princesses drove chariots with fringed sunshades. In Burma, white umbrellas were reserved for the king and the sacred white elephant; the king claimed among his other titles, ''Lord of the Great Parasol.''

Greeks brought parasols to Europe, and the transformation from sunshade to watershield was made, at least for a while, in Rome. Until the 18th century, umbrellas kept appearing and then disappearing in the West. In the medieval Catholic Church the umbrella became a symbol of authority, and umbrellas are still among the Pope's accouterments."...

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From https://www.encyclopedia.com/fashion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/parasols
“Parasols
Invented to protect people from the sun in ancient Egypt and the Middle East, the parasol was developed as a fashion accessory in late-sixteenth-century Italy and soon spread throughout Europe. A parasol is a light umbrella, generally made of much lighter, less durable materials than an umbrella and not intended to protect the user from rain. At first used only in southern European countries, parasols became popular in England by the mid-eighteenth century and remained an important fashion accessory for women throughout Europe well into the nineteenth century. They were essential to helping women maintain their fashionably pale complexions.

Like other fashionable accessories, the parasol soon became a vehicle for the display of taste and manners. The shades of parasols were made of delicate fabrics like silk, satin, and lace, or of fabrics imprinted with beautiful patterns. Shafts were made of delicately carved wood, and handles might be made of ivory, silver, or gold. Practicality was soon discarded, and the sizes of parasols grew very tiny, hardly capable of providing shade. In the eighteenth century parasols played an important role in the posturing and posing that became such an important part of social display. Women held a parasol over their shoulder just so, twirled the handle for dramatic effect, and used the parasol to draw attention to themselves.*

While it is not surprising that men didn't carry parasols, it also was considered ungentlemanly to carry an umbrella until the nineteenth century. Carrying an umbrella implied that a man couldn't afford a carriage to protect him from the rain, so umbrellas were considered acceptable only for the lower classes. Men using umbrellas in England were mocked as late as the 1780s, but finally people realized that keeping dry might make more sense than keeping in fashion.”
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From https://racingnelliebly.com/strange_times/parasols-said-it-best/ PARASOLS SAID IT BEST!

Parasols said it best in an era when people often had to communicate without words. Imagine life minus email, cell phones, Facebook, or twitter. Whatever did they do? Gloves and fans worked well for indoor events. But when it came to outdoor meetings, many preferred to twirl, tap or tip a parasol to deliver a private message to that “certain someone.”

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PARASOLS FOR LADIES AND AT LEAST ONE GENTLEMAN
Parasols of ancient times were used largely to shade nobility. With servants in tow, this was a sign of success and great honor. Men had no problem being seen under a parasol.*

In Europe however, no self-respecting male would touch one. That changed slowly, thanks to English doctor Jonas Hanway who began carrying an umbrella in 1756. Not one to succumbed to scorn, Hanway continued carrying his umbrella until it became the must-have item we know today. Englishmen often referred to their umbrellas as the Hanway.

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Ancient cultures used parasols for shade from the sun an estimated 4,000 years ago. Several Egyptians hieroglyphics depict parasols. They are portrayed in literature and art across Egypt, China, Greece and India. Early versions were fashioned from palm leaves and sticks, paper, fabric, feathers and animal skins.

In their earliest years, parasols were a luxury for gods, royalty, nobility and clergy. In China, parasols for nobility frequently had multiple layers. The Chinese are believed to be the first people to waterproof their parasols (a.k.a. umbrellas), by using oiled or waxed paper."...
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No author or publishing date is given for this article which I retrieved on Feb. 25, 2020.

*Italics added to highlight these sentences.

Notice the sub-heading "THE PARASOL’S LONG JOURNEY FROM ASIA" mentions Egypt and Greece. That sub-heading is incorrect as Egypt is a nation in Africa and Greece is a nation in Europe.

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From https://www.today.com/news/parasols-become-modern-fashion-accessory-wbna24001895 Parasols become a modern fashion accessory
April 7, 2008, 6:55 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
..."Fashion designer Anna Sui makes a strong case for the parasol as an objet d'art. She's put them on the runway at least four times, including the fashion show for the current spring collection. A model matched her turquoise-and-black print blouse to her turqoise-and-black print parasol.

Tracy Reese and Temperley London also made style statements with parasols this season.

Sui works with a licensee to make umbrellas, and she says the parasols always sell out of her Manhattan store. She can't recall ever carrying one on the street, but an elaborate one from India with mirrors and appliques hangs in her bedroom.

It provides the necessary drama as a prop, but it's also a traditional sunshade, especially in India, China and Japan, as well as in the Old South, when the real-life equivalents of Scarlett O'Hara would use one to keep her skin from freckling, Sui says.

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And they seem to be gaining in celebrity appeal. Among the stars photographed with assistants holding umbrellas for them in the sun are Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Michael Jackson. Rihanna even has a new umbrella (ella, ella) line for Totes."...

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